asked the Minister for Local Government when he will approve the layout plan for the erection of twenty-four houses at Kilcock, which has been submitted to him by the Kildare County Council.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Kilcock (Kildare) Housing Scheme.
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The county council have been requested to reconsider certain aspects of this plan and their replies to the points raised are awaited.
Will the Minister say when they were so requested?
I think it was early this month or at the end of last month. I have not got the information here. I know it was within the past few weeks.
It was because there was no reply from the Minister that the question was put in.
No reply to what?
It was because there was no decision from the Minister on the lay-out plan that this question was put in.
The information which I have here, if it is of interest to the Deputy, is that on 28th December, 1961, a lay-out plan was submitted for approval and a revised version was submitted on 22nd January to provide for a scheme of 24 houses. We found that those 24 houses as laid out would continue an existing scheme of 20 houses already built and would give us a line of 44 houses. The result would thus be a ribbon of houses on the road into the village of Kilcock which would be objectionable on planning grounds. The lay-out was re-submitted to the local authority and we are awaiting its view.